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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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A boudoir photographer reached out to me for a shoot. Does that seem sketch? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Inevitable-Agent9032@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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A photographer reached out to me through social media asking me to shoot with him sometime. Although I’d love to have a shoot for myself, does this seem sketchy? He’s taken photos for friends i know and they said he seemed cool and laid back. They also mentioned that he took a while to send them their pictures and wouldn’t respond before sending them. Anyway, just wanted to hear some thoughts on this.

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[–] Icy_Formal1384@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Even as a photographer, trying to increase my outreach and always looking for new business, I'd say HARD no.

I know I guy who exclusively shoots women's boudoir and he gives me the eebie jeebies. He doesn't really promote "self-love" or anything like that, he just takes sexy, posed, and sometimes provocative photos of women. And I'm not hating on him for promoting poorly or being a guy in this field- it clear from his poses, captions on Instagram, gritty editing style (not soft and warm with balanced shadowing for modesty- sometimes it's straight up a woman's ass in the air in a thong), etc. that it's not about that at all. Empowering women through photography is one thing, taking photos of nearly nude or nude women because you like it is entirely different.